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Present participle for to express discontent

Present participle for to feel discontent or unhappiness

Present participle for to mourn or feel regret

Present participle for to desire or pine for someone or something

Present participle for to feel repentant over

Intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death

Suggestive or expressive of sorrow, distress or regret

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Verb

Present participle for to express discontent

kicking up a fuss

kicking up a stink

finding fault with

taking exception

speaking out against

raising objections

expressing disapproval

putting the boot in

picking holes in

putting up a fight

lodging a complaint

making a complaint

blowing off steam

screaming bloody murder

making a big thing out of

making a mountain out of a molehill

making a big thing of

making a meal of

raising a ruckus

crying the blues

making a thing of

making a song and dance

kicking up a storm

sorrowing about

hypercriticizing

grouching about

sounding off about

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

splitting hairs

bellyaching about

complaining vehemently about

talking under your breath

moaning and groaning

casting aspersions on

doing a hatchet job on

pulling to pieces

speaking ill of

taking exception to

expressing concern

showing concern

looking askance

inveighing against

complaining about

singing the blues

expressing regret about

quibbling about

expressing disagreement

kvetching about

expressing opposition

rocking the boat

making an objection

eating your heart out

expressing sorrow

expressing sorrow about

shedding tears over

kicking up a rumpus

crying fretfully

crying convulsively

crying your eyes out

turning on waterworks

crying over spilled milk

crying over spilt milk

beating one's breast

bursting into tears

expressing sorrow for

expressing woe for

making a protest

voicing disapproval

kicking against

taking up the cudgels

turning on the waterworks

protesting against

expressing objections

expressing objections to

lodging a protest

arguing against

expressing disagreement with

lodging a protest against

expressing disapproval of

raising objections to

remonstrating against

having a problem

quarreling with

disapproving of

taking issue with

having a problem with

grumbling about

drawing the line

taking a stand against

drawing the line at

making a fuss about

discountenancing

begging to differ

railing against

raising objection

mixing it up with

going-one-on-one

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“But when we complain, repine, and mutter without a cause, we give way to passions we may resist and will not.”

Verb

Present participle for to feel discontent or unhappiness

feeling unhappy

feeling despondent

feeling miserable

eating your heart out

languishing over

feeling despondent about

chafing inwardly

having a long face

wearing a long face

going about like a half-shut knife

feeling sorry for yourself

mopping and mow

harbouring a grudge

having the hump

shedding tears for

languishing for

regretting the loss of

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“Shall we repine at leaving the beauties of earth, when the Pearly Gates of Paradise are opening before our very eyes?”

Verb

Present participle for to mourn or feel regret

eating your heart out

complaining about

shedding tears for

beating one's breast

expressing regret about

singing the blues

shedding tears over

expressing grief

expressing sorrow

expressing sorrow about

crying over spilled milk

crying over spilt milk

wearing black for

being remorseful

feeling grief at

feeling sorrow at

feeling sad about

anguishing over

expressing sorrow for

expressing woe for

languishing for

regretting the loss of

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“And so I ceased to repine for the wound I had made in the heart of Semiramis Wilcox.”

Verb

Present participle for to desire or pine for someone or something

hankering after

carrying a torch for

Verb

Present participle for to feel repentant over

Noun

Intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death

broken-heartedness

heaviness of heart

mental suffering

disconsolateness

downheartedness

dissatisfaction

heavy-heartedness

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

stroke of bad luck

emotional suffering

apprehensiveness

dark night of the soul

unconsolability

harsh conditions

heavyheartedness

disillusionment

heartbrokenness

discontentedness

low-spiritedness

reversal of fortune

Sturm und Drang

impecuniousness

nervous tension

thorn in the flesh

financial distress

trials and tribulations

slough of despond

reverse of fortune

kick in the teeth

breach of the peace

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Adjective

Suggestive or expressive of sorrow, distress or regret

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

deeply regretful

deeply saddened

extremely saddened

heavy with grief

racked with pain

racked with suffering

having blue devils

singing the blues

having the blahs

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

as sick as a parrot

with a long face

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

at the end of your tether

discombobulated

ill-humoured^UK

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

beside oneself with grief

conscience-stricken

at end of one's rope

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

on the verge of tears

poverty-stricken

behind the eightball

in floods of tears

with tears in your eyes

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